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Goaltending prospect Marco Cousineau accepted the Ducks' qualifying offer as he signed a one-year deal that will pay him $660,000 if he is in the NHL and $65,000 in the American Hockey League.

Cousineau, 22, spent time in three different leagues last season and compiled a 19-7-4 overall record. The Ducks' third-round pick in 2008 spent most of his time with the Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League, going 16-4-4 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage.

Cousineau also played in six games with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch and went 3-2 with a 3.32 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage.

The Ducks also extended Luca Caputi's qualifying offer deadline to Aug. 1 in order to keep his rights. Caputi, 23, split time with Syracuse and the Toronto Marlies in the AHL and posted 12 goals and 13 assists in 60 games.

Caputi, who has four AHL seasons and 35 NHL games under his belt, put up 10 goals and 12 assists in 39 games with the Crunch after the Ducks acquired him from Toronto on Jan. 3 for former second-round pick Nicolas Deschamps.

The Ducks signed goaltender Marco Cousineau to a three-year entry level contract, the club announced Monday.

A third round pick in the 2008 draft, Cousineau, 20, is 12-15 with a 3.17 goals-against average and .906 save percentage with Prince Edward Island and Saint John of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season.

He spent the previous three seasons with Baie-Comeau and Drummondville of the QMJHL.

Ducks prospects Logan MacMillan and Marco Cousineau could play against each other today in the Memorial Cup.

MacMillan (right), the Ducks' top pick in the 2007 draft, 19th overall, is playing for Rimouski Oceanic. Cousineau, a third-round pick, 83rd overall, in the 2008 draft, is a goaltender for the Drummondville Voltigeurs.

The Ducks cut their training-camp roster to 45 players Thursday by assigning seven to their American League affiliate, the Iowa Chops, and returning three to junior hockey.

Of the players remaining in camp, four are injured, including journeyman left wing Josh Green, who is sidelined by a groin problem. Left wing T.J. Trevelyan remains on the shelf because of a concussion, while left wing Ryan Donally has a hip issue. Left wing Matt Beleskey, meanwhile, continues to recover from off-season shoulder surgery.

Center Maxime Macenauer was on the ice Thursday after having been idled earlier in camp by a bruised shoulder.

The roster also includes veteran defenseman Mathieu Schneider, who remains out of camp while awaiting a trade. The Ducks are attempting to move Schneider, and his $5.625 million salary-cap hit, in order to get beneath the NHL's $56.7 million salary limit before their Oct. 9 regular-season opener against the San Jose Sharks. The Ducks are currently a shade more than $3 million above the ceiling.

Among the players assigned were defensemen Eric Regan and Stu Bickel, and left wing Eric Tangradi, each of whom appeared in Wednesday night's exhibition opener, a 6-4 victory over San Jose at Honda Center.

Among the things that have struck Coach Randy Carlyle during the opening two days of Ducks training camp is the progression of some of the organization's top prospects.

"People have made some inroads," Carlyle said Sunday after players went through a 45-minute practice session, scrimmaged for 90 minutes and capped off their fun with a demanding conditioning skate at Anaheim Ice.

"It's vital," Carlyle said. "This is always about younger players at some point having to play for your group."

Carlyle pointed to three rookie hopefuls on defense. Brendan Mikkelson, Brett Festerling and Brian Salcido are among those who could challenge for a roster opening on the blue line.

"They're much better players now, in these first two days at this level, than what we saw at any other time," Carlyle said.